Law Didn't Bar Occidental
From Sudan, Says White House

a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter

Updated Jan. 24, 1997 12:05 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration said an antiterrorism law didn't prevent Occidental Petroleum Corp. from trying to help develop an oil field in Sudan, even though the African nation is on the U.S. terrorism list.

The administration was reacting to an article in Thursday's Washington Post that suggested Occidental, an active and heavy political contributor, was given special treatment to help develop a major oil field. Occidental Petroleum, its political action committee and executives, donated more than $700,000...